Month: May 2007

Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation project was launched with great fanfare earlier this decade by the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency, and the first testbed satellite began transmitting signals...

Hughes Introduces High-Speed BGAN Mobile Satellite Terminal Hughes Network Systems LLC latest generation 9250 mobile satellite terminal has been approved to operate over Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), Hughes...

Alcatel Alenia Space Signs Harris Corp. For Commercial Antenna Contract Harris Corp. has been awarded a contract by Alcatel Alenia Space to supply a 12-meter S-band antenna for Eutelsat’s W2A...

DirecTV Names New Executives DirecTV has promoted Derek Chang to executive vice president of content strategy and development; Dan Hartman to senior vice president of programming acquisition; and Eric Shanks...

Only seven months have passed since Matt Desch was named chairman and CEO of Bethesda, Md.-based Iridium Satellite LLC, the global supplier of mobile satellite communications services. The former CEO...

BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9 percent stake in ITV could be heading the way of the U.K. Competition Commission after both Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, and the Office of...

DataPath Inc. has named five appointments to its board of directors, the company announced April 30. Among the additions are Valerie Baldwin, a former assistant secretary and chief financial officer...

Industry Canada granted an application April 30 by TMI Communications and Co. Ltd. to transfer its 2-gigahertz mobile satellite service approval to TerreStar Networks (Canada) Inc., which is owned by...

International Communications Group received parts-manufacturer approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to produce and replace satellite communication systems on Boeing 737-700 aircraft, ICG announced April 30. Through a...

[5/1/07] Russian direct-to-home operator NTV-Plus has launched three high-definition (HD) channels using Eutelsat’s W4 satellite. NTV-Plus serves nearly 600,000 subscribers in Russia and the Ukraine, and hopes to attract 10,000...